Pergola And Court In Garden At Moor Close, Including Enclosing Walls And Balustrades

BINFIELD

SU87SW TERRACE ROAD SOUTH 674-1/11/102 (East side (off)) Pergola & court in garden at Moor Close, incl. enclosing walls & balustrades

GV II

Part of larger garden at Moor Close (qv). Court with enclosing walls, balustrades and pergola. 1911 by Oliver Hill. Red brick, York stone, clay tile slips and pebbles. 3-bay pergola with moulded brick piers on bases with projecting brick bands. Large diagonal patterned trellis work between piers with centre bay left open. Very large oak lintels over piers. Low retaining wall faces upper terrace (qv) with weathered plinth, stone coping with semicircular balustrading; central opening to court. Court formed by retaining wall on the south-east side. On north-west side is brick screen wall in English bond with tile coping; on left hand is moulded brick opening at end of pergola. In centre section of wall is similar opening with wrought-iron door flanked by 2 circular openings with moulded brick surrounds and keystones. Both moulded brick openings lead to the forecourt (qv). 1911 by Oliver Hill. Red brick and York stone. Flight of 5 and 4 rectangular stone steps flanked at the lower level by 2 panelled brick piers with moulded stone bases and caps. To the left, a brick retaining wall in English bond with weathered top, links the left-hand pier to the pergola court. (Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest: Part 3: Berkshire).